This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school.

www.calebscholars.org

You're not a real mathematician if you don't celebrate 2s-day every week

What reward could come of this besides platforming people whose goal is dehumanization? How would that align with the stated goals of the AMS? I have higher expectations for the Notices than this.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with this but I'm also kind of happy it's you, because otherwise I could see the AMS actually moving forward on this.

In any case, none of my NSF-funded "broadening participation" activities violate the EOs because they don't involve DEIA principles and frameworks (which are not things that exist).

It's not clear to me that "executive priorities" can override the policies of the NSF -- which are supposed to be determined by the National Science Board. Congress mandated in the CHIPS and Science Act that the NSF fund programs to broaden participation in STEM.

We have been advised that if additional stipend payments are withdrawn beyond monthly payments and funding gets terminated, then those funds will have to be returned to the NSF. This is not for the PRFB but another NSF postdoc fellowship given directly to individuals

POs have been non-responsive. There are so many panels coming up that I don't think this is a priority for them

Another POs guidance was that as these are grants given to individuals, they are likely exempt from the recent EO. I don't want to risk violating the grant terms and give them another excuse to terminate my funding.

Are you sure this is correct? The solicitation says that the stipend is paid monthly.

Oh no 😯 we're considering getting a condo. Buying a house on an academic salary seems impossible in Hawai‘i!